Charles Darwin's Notebooks Mysteriously Returned

Oh no! I can't find my notebook. Where is it? 我找不到我的筆記本。 I wrote down so many good ideas in that notebook! I hope somebody finds it and returns it to me. Some of the ideas I wrote down could change the world! Like Charles Darwin did! 我希望有人找到後可以還給我，裡面有很多的點子，可以像達爾文一樣改變世界！ Do you know who Charles Darwin is? Darwin was a very famous scientist who was known for figuring out a lot of things about animals and other living things. 查爾斯‧達爾文是一個著名的科學家，對許多動植物有深入研究。 Even though he lived a long time ago, a lot of his ideas are still important today. 他的很多想法到今天都還很重要。 He wrote down a lot of his ideas in notebooks. These notebooks were kept in a library in England, until one day, they were stolen! 他的想法都寫在筆記本裡面，被保存在英國的圖書館，但是有一天被偷走了！ But guess what? Twenty-two years later, the notebooks were returned! Somebody put them in a pink bag and left them outside the library's office. 二十二年之後，有人把筆記本放在一個粉紅色的袋子裡面，還給圖書館。 The books are now being kept at the library … in a much safer place, of course, in case someone tries to steal them again. 筆記本現在被保存在圖書館裡面更安全的地方。 But it is still a mystery who took them, and who gave them back. 但是我們仍然不知道是誰拿走的，也不知道是誰還給他們的。 I guess we will never know! ________________________________ Vocabulary 達爾文手寫的筆記本十分珍貴，被偷走多年之後重新出現。 1. notebook 筆記本 Can I borrow your math notebook? 可以借我你的數學筆記本嗎？ Why? Didn't you take notes? 為什麼？你沒有抄筆記嗎? I did. But I missed two classes. 我有，但是有兩堂課我沒上。 2. return 歸還 Did you return my notebook? 我的筆記本你還了嗎？ Not yet. I'll give it back tonight. 還沒有，今晚還給你。 3. steal 偷竊 Oh no, I can't find my hat. 糟糕，找不到我的帽子。 It must be stolen. 一定被偷了。 Who wants to steal an old and ugly hat? 誰要偷一頂又舊又醜的帽子？ You never know. 那可不一定。 4. safe 安全的。 There should be a safe place for hats. 應該有放帽子的安全地方。 Like… on your head? 比如說，你頭上嗎？ Have you ever heard of Charles Darwin? Let's read the words. notebook 筆記本 return 歸還 steal 偷竊 safe 安全的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Who was Charles Darwin? A: A famous scientist B: A friend of the storyteller's C: A thief 2. What was stolen from the library? A: History books B: Library cards C: Darwin's notebooks 3. When was the stolen thing returned? A: 22 years later B: It was never returned C: 2 years later Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn